Rødekro

Rødekro (German: "Rothenkrug") is a town and a former municipality (Danish, "kommune") in Aabenraa municipality in Region Syddanmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The former Rødekro municipality covered an area of 202 km², and had a total population of 11,695 (2005). Its last mayor was Tove Larsen, a member of the Social Democrats ("Socialdemokraterne") political party.

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a "kommunalreform" ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes:
* Egvad Parish
* Hellevad Parish
* Hjordkær Parish
* Rise Parish
* Øster Løgum Parish

On January 1, 2007 Rødekro municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Bov, Lundtoft, Tinglev, and Aabenraa municipalities to form the new Aabenraa municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 951 km² and a total population of 60,151 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region").

External links

* [http://www.aabenraa.dk/sw16731.asp The new Aabenraa municipality's official website (Danish only)]

References

* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]